I took delivery of my M3 in the middle of September, so have had it for just over two months and in all that time I have been happily charging it off a 13amp plug.
I pop it into the garage at night, plug it in and in the morning have 90%.
Only on the rare occasion when I have done a long trip, will it take longer to reach 90%.
Anyway, today, I decided that I wanted to experience a supercharger.
My nearest location was at the Giant Blue Waters shopping centre in Dartford
The parking lots are vast and after driving around for the best part of half an hour, searching for the Super Chargers, I gave up, parked, and walked into the Centre to search for the Tesla Store and ask them where the damn things were!
The guy in the store said they were not allowed to signpost the Superchargers!
Anyway, once I knew where to find them, I returned to the car and drove over to them.
When I got there, there was only one slot free.
No problem, I plugged it into the car and then sat in the driver's seat to watch what happened.
I got a pop-up message saying something to the extent that charging was limited to 80% and charging was stopping.
My car was at 70% - so this shouldn't have been a problem.
I tried disconnecting and reconnecting a couple of times without luck. A helpful Model S driver in the bay next door tried as well with similar results and then suggested that as he was leaving, that I should try his bay.
This I did with brilliant results and had the car charged to 80% in about 15 minutes!
So, when it works, it works well, but for a first time experience it could have been better.
I pop it into the garage at night, plug it in and in the morning have 90%.
Only on the rare occasion when I have done a long trip, will it take longer to reach 90%.
Anyway, today, I decided that I wanted to experience a supercharger.
My nearest location was at the Giant Blue Waters shopping centre in Dartford
The parking lots are vast and after driving around for the best part of half an hour, searching for the Super Chargers, I gave up, parked, and walked into the Centre to search for the Tesla Store and ask them where the damn things were!
The guy in the store said they were not allowed to signpost the Superchargers!
Anyway, once I knew where to find them, I returned to the car and drove over to them.
When I got there, there was only one slot free.
No problem, I plugged it into the car and then sat in the driver's seat to watch what happened.
I got a pop-up message saying something to the extent that charging was limited to 80% and charging was stopping.
My car was at 70% - so this shouldn't have been a problem.
I tried disconnecting and reconnecting a couple of times without luck. A helpful Model S driver in the bay next door tried as well with similar results and then suggested that as he was leaving, that I should try his bay.
This I did with brilliant results and had the car charged to 80% in about 15 minutes!
So, when it works, it works well, but for a first time experience it could have been better.